A law degree and years of practice trying cases, interpreting and applying evidence and standards of proof, proving and disproving intent.
A high number of civilian casualties does not equal a genocide. Especially not when they are being prevented from leaving by Hamas and being used as human shields.
Proportionately, the total number of Palestinians compared to total number of Iraqis, there were 150 times more civilian deaths and Iraq per capita than in this war. Do you consider the US war in Iraq to be a genocide?
Okay, I am going to step over this even though I think the number of civilians killed is outrageous and has beaten lots of high scores of this century.
But for argument’s sake, what about withholding food, aid, and medical supplies? Doesn’t enabling the population to die of treatable diseases one indicator of a genocide intent?
About America, probably not due to the lack of intent for genocide, but what the US did was a flagrant undeniable human rights violation. So is your point like this: “other nations have massacred a similar albeit lower number of people per week on average than Israel, so you shouldn’t hold Israel accountable for any crimes despite it indiscriminately killing over 24k civilians in the course of 100 days” ?
I’ve disliked Israel govt for decades. Fuck Bibi and the IDF.
Can you seperate Bibi and the current government from the Israeli people and it’s potential to elect a moderate government?
What is the general public opinion in Israel? Any large number of Israelis opposed to this genocide?
It’s not a genocide and no there is massive support for this war against Hamas.
Is this your professional opinion as an expert in international law, or?
Yes.
So what kind of qualifications do you have to make this assessment, that it’s not a genocide despite looking exactly like one?
If it moves, sounds and looks like a duck… Saying it is not genocide does not make it disappear.
So what you’re saying it’s that it sounds like ethnic cleansing. Glad we agree.
A law degree and years of practice trying cases, interpreting and applying evidence and standards of proof, proving and disproving intent.
A high number of civilian casualties does not equal a genocide. Especially not when they are being prevented from leaving by Hamas and being used as human shields.
Proportionately, the total number of Palestinians compared to total number of Iraqis, there were 150 times more civilian deaths and Iraq per capita than in this war. Do you consider the US war in Iraq to be a genocide?
Okay, I am going to step over this even though I think the number of civilians killed is outrageous and has beaten lots of high scores of this century.
But for argument’s sake, what about withholding food, aid, and medical supplies? Doesn’t enabling the population to die of treatable diseases one indicator of a genocide intent?
About America, probably not due to the lack of intent for genocide, but what the US did was a flagrant undeniable human rights violation. So is your point like this: “other nations have massacred a similar albeit lower number of people per week on average than Israel, so you shouldn’t hold Israel accountable for any crimes despite it indiscriminately killing over 24k civilians in the course of 100 days” ?
Not an expert on idiocy myself, but you sure are looking like one.